The investigation is ongoing and more arrests are pending, Syracuse police Sgt. Thomas Connellan said.

Police say it appears that Harris and Garrett were in a dispute over drugs.

Garrett and two others attacked Harris by stabbing him several times with a knife and hitting him in the head with a tire iron. When Lee tried to intervene, police said, "she was punched in the head which caused her to fall down a staircase. She was then stomped on by the suspects."

Harris and Lee were taken to Upstate University Hospital.

Lee was in critical condition, and in a medically induced coma following the attack. Harris was treated for what police called "serious but non life-threatening injuries."

Police said today that Harris and Lee's conditions have improved and they are both expected to survive.

Police asked anyone with information on the crime to contact them at (315) 442-5222.